Profession: FBI Agent

Biography: FBI Agent famous for leading the manhunts that tracked such American outlaws as Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and John Dillinger.

Born: October 24, 1903
Birthplace: Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA

Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
Star Sign: Scorpio

Died: February 29, 1960 (aged 56)
Cause of Death: Self-inflicted gunshot

Historical Events

• 1933-06-10 John Dillinger robs his first bank, in New Carlisle, Ohio. He takes $10, 600
• 1933-10-12 John Dillinger escapes from jail in Allen County, Ohio
• 1933-10-23 John Dillinger and his gang rob Central National Bank, in Greencastle, Indiana. They take $75, 000.
• 1934-03-03 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol
• 1934-04-22 US Division of Investigation (later the FBI) under Melvin Purvis botch an operation to capture the John Dillinger Gang at Little Bohemia Lodge, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, with 2 dead and 4 injured
• 1934-06-22 John Dillinger is informally named America's first Public Enemy Number One
• 1934-07-22 Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents
• 1934-11-27 Bank robber Baby Face Nelson and two FBI agents die in a shoot-out in Barrington, Illinois

Personal Life

• 1931-08-22 FBI agent Melvin Purvis (27) weds childhood sweetheart Marie Rosanne Willcox at St. John's Episcopal Church in Florence, South Carolina

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